The Wisdom of Time

Time heals all wounds.  It's just a matter of time.  Time is of the essence.  You have time on your hands.  Time, O good, good time, where did you go?  I think that relative to the cosmos, since our stay is comparatively short, we have a fascination with time......a need to understand it, but mostly to control it.  When we are in pain, we want to speed it up and move on.  When life pleases us, we want to slow time down all the more to savor those wonderful moments.  Alas, we have no ability to manipulate time to our advantage.  It is what it is and as the tent-maker pointed out, it moves on.  The ONLY thing that we can do is learn to pay attention to each, individual moment.....to ignore no single minute in an effort to give greater concentration to another.  Gluttony will not do here.....no great, gulping swallows.   Each bite (or byte...lol) must be savored on the tongue....all flavors identified and appreciated.  Know every nanosecond intimately and well.  Count every moment as a friend to be loved.  Life should be your vocation, your calling, your profession and time is your vehicle.....that which carries you from birth to death.  Know it, care for it, appreciate it.   Death should come as a well-earned nap at the end of an exhausting life.  Time does not leave us behind.  We exist forever, somewhere within the context of Time, whose memory is eternal.